By Sena Thoradeniya Julie Jiyoon Chung (aka Chung Ji-yoon), the Korean- American US Ambassador to Sri Lanka is unperturbed  and carrying on regardless (reminding us the 1961 British comedy film Carry on Regardless”), even after the recent events in America:  viz. President Trump’s executive order  curtailing USAID aid, Elon Musk’s remarks on the USAID and […]

Shenali Waduge තිස්ස විහාරය : ජාතිවාදීන් වන්නේ ගජෙන්ද්‍රකුමර් පොන්නම්බලම් හා ඔහුගේ සියා හා පියා මිස – සිංහලයන් නොවේ ගජෙන්ද්‍රකුමර් පොන්නම්බලම් යනු ජි ජි පොන්නම්බලම්ගේ (G G Ponnambalam) මුනුබුරාය, කුමාර් පොන්නම්බලම්ගේ (Kumar Ponnambalam) පුතාය. සමස්ත ලංකා දෙමළ කොංග්‍රසය අගෝස්තු 29, 1944 පිහිටවන ලදී. නිදහස දීමට පෙර 50-50 ඉල්ලු ජි ජි පොන්නම්බලම්, එය බ්‍රිතාන්‍යසෝල්බරි කොමිසම (Soulbury Commission) […]

Shenali Waduge On 6 February 2025 abusing parliamentary privileges Gajendra Ponnambalam representing the TNPF eloquently uttered falsehoods while Parliament sat & listened primarily due to their own ignorance of history & facts. Leaving aside the string of falsehoods that were uttered, not one MP chose to even interrupt & defend the Sinhalese against the charge […]

By Rohana R. Wasala Continued from Monday, February 17, 2025 When I am formulated, sprawling on a pin” (from T.S. Eliot’s poem ‘The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock’ first published 1915) In moments of self-reflection, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake probably feels the way Prufrock does, helplessly exposed to the probing, judgemental gaze of the […]

Jayantha Liyanage Date – 20. 02.2025The President,Office of the United Nations High Commissionerfor Human Rights (OHCHR), Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, OPEN LETTERSwitzerland. Dear Sir, THE 2025 MARCH GENEVA HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL REPORT SHOULD INCLUDEA LIST OF THE LTTE WAR CRIMES I refer to the report Number A/ HRC/ 57 / 19 by the […]

Dr. Sarath Panduwawala and Dr. Ruwan M Jayatunge Metabolic psychiatry is a new field in psychiatry, and it examines mental health issues associated with metabolic dysfunction. Current evidence indicates an association between metabolic dysfunction in the brain and mental illness (Smith, 2024). Metabolic syndrome also has a huge impact on mental health. The metabolic syndrome, […]

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Courtesy The Island Sajith Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday called on the government to ensure increased security for judges, as well as the public, and especially journalists. Premadasa said that protection must be given to journalists such as Chamuditha Samarawickrama acing threats at present. Referring to Tuesday’s shooting inside a courthouse, the Opposition […]

Courtesy The Island Two shooting incidents could not be described as collapse of national security, Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala told Parliament yesterday. Making a special statement to the House, Minister Wijepala said: We regret these unfortunate incidents. The government has taken severe measures following these incidents. The investigations are in progress and I […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb 21 (Daily Mirror) – A man was shot dead this afternoon at Galpotta Junction, Kotahena, in a targeted attack carried out by two assailants on a motorcycle, police said. The gunmen fled the scene immediately after the attack.  Kotahena Police have launched an investigation into the incident.

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb 21 (Daily Mirror) – A shooting attempt in the Negombo area failed this afternoon when the gunman’s firearm malfunctioned, police said. The intended target was the eldest son of Chaminda, alias ‘Miris Anthony’, and the attack was allegedly planned near a shop owned by the family.   According to police, […]

Courtesy Hiru News මෙවර කන්නයේ දී වී මෙට්‍රික් ටොන් මිලියන 26ක අස්වැන්නක් අපේක්ෂා කරත් එය මිලදී ගැනීම සඳහා රුපියල් බිලියන 325ක් අවශ්‍ය නමුත් රජය වී මිලදී ගැනීමට රුපියල් බිලියන 5ක් වෙන්කර කයිවාරු ගසන බව සහල් ව්‍යාපාරික ඩඩ්ලි සිරිසේන පවසනවා. ව්‍යාපාරික ප්‍රජාව සහ ආර්ථික විශ්ලේෂකයන් සමඟ කොළඹ සංවිධානය කර තිබූ පශ්චාත් අයවැය සංවාද සභාවකදී අදහස් දක්වමිනුයි […]

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